--- title: "7 Huge Quotes By Anne Lamott" description: "7 Huge quotes by Anne Lamott. Plus more from Anne Lamott and more Huge sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/anne-lamott-188_baptized_all-i-know-is-that-after-10-years-of-bei_155792.png" --- > [All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/all-i-know-is-that-after-10-years-of-being-sober-with-huge-support-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/anne-lamott-188_baptized_all-i-know-is-that-after-10-years-of-bei_155792.png) > [I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-ve-heard-people-say-that-god-is-the-gift-of-desperation-and-there-s/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/anne-lamott-188_behavior_i-ve-heard-people-say-that-god-is-the-gi_243556.png) > [If I have a huge audience, I'd like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/if-i-have-a-huge-audience-i-d-like-a-bigger-audience-maybe-slightly-a/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/anne-lamott-188_audience_if-i-have-a-huge-audience-i-d-like-a-big_780591.png) > [You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-try-to-sit-down-at-approximately-the-same-time-every-day-this-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09c/anne-lamott-188_autistic_you-try-to-sit-down-at-approximately-the_923185.jpg) > [Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/radical-self-care-is-quantum-and-radiates-out-into-the-atmosphere-2/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/anne-lamott-188_air_radical-self-care-is-quantum-and-radiate_1864776.png) > [Mother's Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/mother-s-day-celebrates-a-huge-lie-about-the-value-of-women-that/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/anne-lamott-188_about_mother-s-day-celebrates-a-huge-lie-about_2059999.png) > [Grief is just so scary… If we finally begin to cry all those suppressed tears, they will surely wash us away like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/grief-is-just-so-scary-if-we-finally-begin-to-cry-all-those/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/anne-lamott-188_angry_grief-is-just-so-scary-if-we-finally-beg_2709002.png) ## Other authors on Huge ## More by Anne Lamott > [What an incredible drug fear is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/what-an-incredible-drug-fear-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-guess-he-ll-have-to-figure-out-someday-that-he-is-supposed-to-have/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [It's funny where we look for salvation, and where we actually find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/it-s-funny-where-we-look-for-salvation-and-where-we-actually-find-it/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/why-couldn-t-jesus-command-us-to-obsess-over-everything-to-try-to/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Publication is not all that it is cracked up to be. But writing is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/publication-is-not-all-that-it-is-cracked-up-to-be-but-writing-is/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/your-problem-is-how-you-are-going-to-spend-this-one-odd-and-precious/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/and-yet-i-do-believe-there-is-ultimately-meaning-in-the-chaos-and/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/raising-a-child-whether-or-not-it-is-yours-is-like-nautilus-of-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-heard-a-preacher-say-recently-that-hope-is-a-revolutionary-patience/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/i-think-perfectionism-is-based-on-the-obsessive-belief-that-if-you/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/all-criticism-hurts-me-i-m-so-in-the-wrong-business/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/we-are-going-to-die-as-is-everyone-we-adore-i-hate-this-but-the/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-will-go-through-your-life-thinking-there-was-a-day-in-second/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-begin-to-string-words-together-like-beads-to-tell-a-story-you-are/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) > [“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. Overeating is one way back, the way it is at funerals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/you-lose-the-known-package-of-your-nice-organized-self-almost/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/huge/anne-lamott/#itemlist", "name": "7 Huge Quotes By Anne Lamott", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All I know is that after 10 years of being sober, with huge support to express my pain and anger and shadow, the grief and tears didn’t wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my feet. 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